It also weakened our diplomatic stance, because Russia could easily guess we did not desire a nuclear war except in the ultimate extremity.

On the other hand, Russia also participated to some degree in the nationalist ( cultural and political ) movements of Central and Eastern Europe.

Alexis Carrel was also a member of learned societies in the U. S., Spain, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Vatican City, Germany, Italy and Greece and received honorary doctorates from Queen's University of Belfast, Princeton University, California, New York, Brown University and Columbia University.

Countries that officially recognize the Armenian genocide include Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Vatican City and Venezuela ; additionally, some regional governments of countries recognize the Armenian genocide, such as New South Wales in Australia and Wales in the United Kingdom, also officially recognize the Armenian Genocide.

The, also called Aynu, Aino ( アイノ ), and in historical texts Ezo ( 蝦夷 ), are indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia.

There are also immigrants from other countries such as Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Morocco, many of whom are under illegal alien status and therefore are not accounted for in official population figures.

He also mentions that I. Alexeyev of Russia had contacted him regarding a putative enumeration of these forms, but that Grünbaum was unable to verify this at the time.

It has also been in a supranational union with Russia since 2 April 1996, although this has had little practical effect.

Bulgaria, which had secured Ottoman recognition of her independence in April 1909 and enjoyed the friendship of Russia, also looked to districts of Ottoman Thrace and Macedonia for expansion.

Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Bel ( l ) taine is derived from a Common Celtic * belo-te ( p ) niâ, meaning " bright fire " ( where the element * belo-might be cognate with the English word bale in ' bale-fire ' meaning ' white ' or ' shining '; compare Anglo-Saxon bael, and Lithuanian / Latvian baltas / balts, found in the name of the Baltic ; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means ' white ', as in Беларусь ( White Russia or Belarus ) or Бе ́ лое мо ́ ре Sea ).

The brown bear's principal range includes parts of Russia, the United States ( mostly in Alaska ), Canada, the Carpathian region ( especially Romania, but also Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and so on ), the Balkans, Sweden and Finland, where it is the national animal.

Britain wished to deny Russia access to the " warm waters " and supported the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, although it also supported a limited expansion of Greece as a backup plan in case integrity of the Empire was no longer possible.

Bulgaria, which had secured Ottoman recognition of her independence in April 1909 and enjoyed the friendship of Russia, also looked to districts of Ottoman Thrace and Macedonia.

Chromium is mined as chromite ( FeCr < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 4 </ sub >) ore. About two-fifths of the chromite ores and concentrates in the world are produced in South Africa, while Kazakhstan, India, Russia, and Turkey are also substantial producers.

The Chechen Republic (;, Chechenskaya Respublika ;, Noxc ̈ iyn Respublika ), commonly referred to as Chechnya (;, Chechnya ;, Noxc ̈ iyc ̈ ó ), also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria (), is a federal subject ( a republic ) of Russia.

The current resistance to Russian rule has its roots in the late 18th century ( 1785 – 1791 ), a period when Russia expanded into territories formerly under the dominion of Turkey and Persia ( see also the Russo-Turkish Wars and Russo-Persian War ( 1804 – 1813 )), under Mansur Ushurma — a Chechen Naqshbandi ( Sufi ) Sheikh — with wavering support from other North Caucasian tribes.

Russia also continues to operate other cruise missiles: the SS-N-12 Sandbox, SS-N-19 Shipwreck, SS-N-22 Sunburn and SS-N-25 Switchblade.

In recent years, the economy of Russia has begun to improve greatly, due to major investments and business development and also due to high prices of natural resources.

Variations of desserts can be found all around the world, such as in Russia, where breakfast foods such as bliny, oladi, and syrniki served with honey and jam are also popular as desserts.

Eisenhower also conducted the first pre-inaugural cabinet meeting in history in late 1952 ; he used this meeting to articulate his anti-communist Russia policy.

Emeralds are also found in other countries, such as Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Symbolist art and literature from the turn of the century also had a more general effect on a small number of films made in Italy and Russia.

The Grand Duchy had also become a vital source of raw materials, industrial products, food, and labour for the growing capital city of Russia.

The bill also furthered Finnish independence by restricting Russia's influence on domestic Finnish affairs: the Provisional Government of Russia would determine only the foreign and military policies of Finland.

It is developing as the gateway from the Black Sea to the Caucasus and the larger Caspian region, but also serves as a buffer between Russia and Turkey.

After the end of the war, with the Brandenburg plant dismantled and transported to Russia, and 47 % of the buildings in Rüsselsheim destroyed, former Opel employees began to rebuild the Rüsselsheim plant.

A twenty-fourth specimen was destroyed in Königsberg, Germany ( now Kaliningrad, Russia ), during World War II.

The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.

During World War II, a large part of the city as well as the historical Kivisild ( Stone Bridge ) ( built by Catherine II of Russia in 1776 – 1778 ) over the Emajõgi River were destroyed by the German Army, partly in 1941 and almost completely in 1944.

* The Russian Revolution ( 1917 ) is the collective term for the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.

* June 28 – The original icon of Our Lady of Kazan was stolen and subsequently destroyed in Russia.

* August 18 – The Bolshevik fleet at Kronstadt, near Petrograd, Russia, on the Baltic Sea, is mostly destroyed by German warplanes and torpedo boats in a combined operation.

At all operational chemical weapons destruction facilities ( as of August 2010 only in Russia and the United States ), 24 / 7 inspections by the OPCW take place on site to verify the success of the destruction as well as the amounts of weapons being destroyed.

Partly destroyed by natural disasters and rebuilt several times during the following 200 years, and hit by Caragea's plague in 1813 – 1814, the city was wrested from Ottoman control and occupied at several intervals by the Habsburg Monarchy ( 1716, 1737, 1789 ) and Imperial Russia ( three times between 1768 and 1806 ).

It was also the garrison city of the 31st Infanterie Division, which took part in the invasions of Poland, Belgium, France, and Russia, and was largely destroyed during the German withdrawal from Russia.

In 1802, Tlingit warriors destroyed several Russian settlements, most notably Redoubt Saint Michael ( Old Sitka ), leaving New Russia as the only remaining outpost on mainland Alaska.

In 1702, the first public theater in Russia was built near the Nikolsky gate ; It stood until 1737, when it was destroyed in a fire.

Other people who have lived in Deptford, range from the First Governor of the Honourable East India Company, and Ambassador to the court of Russia, Sir Thomas Smith, whose magnificent house was destroyed by fire in 1618 ; to early members of the Chartist movement, John Gast and George Julian Harney ; and the Cleveleys, John Cleveley the Elder and his sons John and Robert, a family of marine artists who also worked as tradesmen in the Dockyard.

The Russian commander of the destroyed Baltic fleet, Admiral Zinovy Rozhdestvenski ( who was badly wounded in the battle ) attempted to take full responsibilities for the disaster, and the grateful authorities ( and rulers of Russia ) acquitted him at his trial.

As the fortress enabled the control of the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, the Russians forces destroyed all of their equipment and withdrew, leaving Russia with no more military fortifications on the Black Sea.

In November 1853, at the start of the Crimean War, in the Battle of Sinop, the Russians, under the command of Admiral Nakhimov, destroyed an Ottoman frigate squadron in Sinop, leading Britain and France to declare war on Russia.

Colchester, England is the only town that was specifically mentioned as being bombed, but the book does say that many cities were destroyed in North America, Europe, and Russia.

Berke Khan, the Khan of the Kipchak Khanate in Russia, had converted to Islam, and watched with horror as his cousin destroyed the Abbasid Caliph, the spiritual head of Islam.

The remaining industry was largely destroyed or transported to Russia by Soviet Union occupation forces following the war.

The early 19th century was a time of upheaval, which saw the 1808 – 1809 war between Sweden and Russia, as well as a devastating fire in 1835 that destroyed approximately half of the city.

Although atrocities and population displacements during World War II dominate the history of Tarnobrzeg's Jews, deportations during World War I to trans-Ural Russia were also highly disruptive and destroyed much of the established community.

The League of Three Emperors, established in 1873, was destroyed, as Russia saw lack of German support on the issue of Bulgaria's full independence as a breach of loyalty and alliance.

" With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world, after Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov ( partially destroyed June 2007 ), Russia " ( Glennon, J. A.

After having its capital, the Sich as well as Baturyn, destroyed and relocated more than once, Zaporozhia was absorbed into New Russia.